# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S424
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

424

PROPOSED AGENDA

struck me. Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough
of my flesh? Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written ona
scroll, that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in
rock forever! I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will
stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh
I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!" «Job 19:20-27)

P Let us pray.

Almighty God, who in the Passover of your Son brought us out of sin into
righteousness and out of death to life, grant to all whom you have sealed by the
Holy Spirit with the sign of Christ's sacrifice both the will and the strength to speak
your Word in all the world: through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

@ Amen

A “But! will leave within you the meek and humble, who trust in the name
of the Lord. The remnant of Israel will do no wrong: they will speak no lies,
nor will deceit be found in their mouths. They will eat and lie down. and no
one will make them afraid.” Sing. O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O
Israel: Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
The Lord has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your
enemy. The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you: never again will you fear
any harm. On that day they will say to Jerusalem. “Do not fear, O Zion: do
not let your hands hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty
to save. He will take great delight in you. he will quiet you with his love, he
will rejoice over you with singing.“ “The sorrows for the appointed feasts I
will remove from you: they are a burden and a reproach to you. At that time
I will deal with all who oppressed you: { will rescue the lame and gather
those who have been scattered. [ will give them praise and honor in every
land where they were put to shame. At that time I will gather you; at that
time I will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the
peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your very eves.”
says the Lord. (Zeph. 3 12-20)

P Let us pray.

Look in mercy, O Lord, upon your faithful people, and by ¥ ord and Spirit bring to
completion that good work which you have begun in them. Let all the world see and
know that what has been cast down is raised up, what has grown old is made new.
and that the work you have begun in us is being brought to its joyful fitfillment in the
day of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. one
God. now and forever.

NS

Do you believe in God. the Father Almighty?

@ Yes. | believe in God. the Father Almighty.
maker oft heaven and earth

Do you believe in Jesus Christ. his only Son?

@ Yes. | believe in Jesus Christ. his only Son, our Lord,
who was concerned by the Holy Spirit.
born of the virgin Mary.
suffered under Pontius Pilate.
way crucified. died and was buried
He descended into het!
The third day he rose again trom the dead
He ascended inte heaven
and sits atthe night hand of God
the Father Almights
From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead

P Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?

@ Yes. P believe in the Holy Spirit.
the holy Christian Church.
the commun.on of saints.
the forgiveness of sims.
the resurreet:an of the bods,
and the hfe everlasting

P Is it your earnest purpose to continue steadfast in this faith and in the
promise of your Baptism and. as a member of the Church. to be diligent in

the use of the means of grace and prayer?

@ Yes. bs the grace of God

-". The pastor sayy this blessing.

Pp Almighty God. the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. who has given sou
the new birth of water and of the Spirit and has forgiven you all your sins,
Strengthen you with his grace to life everlasting.

@ Amen

oi. The EASTER GOSPEL ts announced and read
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G Amen

18. The BENEDICITE OMNIA OPERA (see Canticies and Chants, No. 9; may
be sung.

15. The pastor addresses the congregation:

P Beloved in the Lord, on this holiest of nights the whole Church of our Lord
Jesus Christ recalls his death and burial and keeps vigil in love, rejoicing with great
joy in the Gospel of his glorious and mighty resurrection from the dead. The apostle
Paul says: “Don't you know that alt of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into
death in order that. just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the
Father, ¥e too may live a new life. If we have been united with him in his death, we
will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old
self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that
we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been freed
from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For
we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no
longer has mastery over him. The death he died. he died to sin once for all: but the
life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive
to God in Christ Jesus." (Rom. 6:3-11)

1” The congregation sings “All Who Believe and Are Baptized,” Hymn 225.

IS. Hf there are candidates tor Holy Baptism. they eather at the font with their
sponsors and families and are baptized according to the Church's usual order.

Stand

19 The members of the congregation join in the renunciation and the profession of
faith as a remembrance of their Baptism.

® In Holy Baptism we are forgiven our sins and granted a new life in
Christ, our Lord. We solemnly renounce the devil and all his works and all
his ways: we confess the gift of faith in God the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit.

Task you anew: Do you renounce the devil and all his works and all his
ways?

@ 1 do renounce them
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P The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the 16th chapter.

G@ Glo-ry to sou, O Lord

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> When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of
James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’
body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on
their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone
away from the entrance of the tomb?” But when they looked up, they saw
that the stone, which was very large. had been rolled away. As they entered
the tomb, they saw a young man dressed ina white robe sitting on the right
side. and they were alarmed. “Don't be alarmed. he said.“ You are looking
for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See
the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is
going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told
you.’ “ Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the
tomb. They said nothing to anyone. because they were afraid. (Mark 16:1-%)

22. After the reading the pastor says:

P Thisisthe Gospelof the Lord.

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Pp Let us pray to the Lord.
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